Santorum: More babies, please!

Rick Santorum believes the government needs to help families start having more babies.

The former Pennsylvania senator on Sunday defended his proposal to triple the tax credit for children, calling them the “natural resource that creates wealth in this country.”

“The federal government over the years, has year by year by year, decreased support for families. And guess what’s happening? Year by year by year, birth rates are going down,” Santorum said on “Fox News Sunday.”

“This is not social engineering,” the GOP presidential contender continued. “What’s social engineering is the policies of the last 30 years that have robbed the family of the support that they used to have in the Tax Code.”

The conservative editorial page of The Wall Street Journal whacked Santorum on his proposal, saying he is “essentially agreeing with liberals who think the Tax Code should be used to pursue social and political goals.